ISLN Network Meeting

KEDCSUPERINTENDENT UPDATE

Why we are here--Purpose of ISLN network

New academic standards Deconstruct and disseminate Content Standards to

schoolsNew assessmentsProgram ReviewsImproved professional development

Facilitate statewide trainings for teachers and administrators on KCAS, CHETL, Assessment Literacy, and Leadership capacity

New accountability Unified plan for improving college/

career readiness

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Deployment Timeline3

Year 1 – Focus of NetworksKentucky’s Core Academic Standards

Logistics of Kentucky’s Core Academic Standards – Vertical and Horizontal Progression of the common core

Making meaning of the standards/Matching standards to instruction

Deconstruction of Standards Student Friendly Targets Gap Analysis – Grade Level Placemats Planning and Pacing Guides – Standard Cards

Augmentation of core reading programs and materials Standard Based Units of Study

Year 1 – Focus of NetworksCharacteristics of Highly Effective Teaching and

Learning

• Learning Climate

• Classroom Assessment and Reflection

• Instructional Rigor and Student Engagement

• Instructional Relevance

• Knowledge of Content

Year 1 – Focus of NetworksAssessment Literacy

Keys to Quality AssessmentWhy Assess? • What is the purpose?• Who will use the results?

Assess what?• What are the learning targets?• Are they clear?

Assess How? (Design)• What method?• Written well?• Sampled how?• Avoid bias how?

Year 1 Focus on Building Your District Leadership Team

Create a DLT that includes, but not limited to ISLN participants Math Network Participants ELA Network Participants

Establish a common vision centered around the four pillars of Unbridled Learning

Revisit current Implementation Plan for refinement based on DLT Vision

Establish a system of support for all teachersEstablish a collaborative system for ensuring

the vision is being implemented

MOVING FORWARD8

Poorest Counties in US by income

Literacy & Math Design CollaborativeLiteracy & Math Design CollaborativePilot DistrictsPilot Districts

-- Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)

-- Math Design Collaborative (MDC)

-- LDC and MDC

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Introduction to FAL/LDC

Literacy Design Collaborative and Mathematics Design Collaborative Work funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Strategies to align KCAS and classroom instruction through formative assessment

Blueprints/models/process for teacher leaders to begin implementation with support from the teacher leader networks

The Main Idea of LDC

The Literacy Design Collaborative: A systematic framework for developing

reading writing, and thinking skills within each discipline, with:

Science work focused on skills students need to succeed in science

History work focused on skills students need in history

Work in other classes focused on skills essential to those subjects.

Our Big LDC Timeline

September – Introduction to LDC Template Tasks and Teaching Tasks

Extension: Teachers create a Teaching Task to use within a Unit Plan

October – Review and Revise first draft of Teaching Task

Extension: Teachers use the Teaching Task in their classroom

November – Collection of Results Extension: Teachers prepare to bring student

responses for analysis

Math On-Going Targets for 2011-2012

Participants will deepen their understanding of number, operations, algebraic thinking and mathematics pedagogy.

Participants can set personal goals for self and school/ district related to our vision of next generation learning and identify actions needed to accomplish them.

Pedagogical Capacities for FALs

• Select assessments/ tasks aligned to a lesson’s learning targets.

• Thoughtfully and thoroughly plan lessons.• Implement cooperative learning strategies.• Engineer effective classroom discussions.• Provide students with feedback that will move

their learning forward, without “doing the thinking” for them.

• Effectively analyze student work.• Implement a variety of short-term and

medium-term formative assessment strategies.

Where Are We Going? Connections to CASL

Why Now?

Year 2 – Focus of ELA and Math Networks

Implementation of Unbridled Learning

• Continue with the four pillars of Unbridled Learning as the central focus.

• Analyze and provide descriptive feedback on student work

• Integrate the KCAS, CHETL and assessment that will meet each student at their point of need• Become critical consumers of quality resources/

materials• Look deeper at text complexity for E/LA • Match appropriate reading materials with readers

for E/La• Provide descriptive feedback to students in Math

Year 2 – Focus of ELA and Math Networks

• Continue the focus on capacity building in schools and districts

• Advance 21st Century Learning by becoming Action Researchers, trying out best practices delivered at the Content Networks

• Participate in book studies that will further an in-depth study of current and best practices

• Develop tools that will create congruent and rigorous activities focusing on the integration of literacy and content learning using resources from LDC and FALs guidelines

• Implement FALs in classrooms of our teacher leaders

Action Plan